Rear Admiral Gideon Raz (1939-2015)| Former Deputy Commander in Chief, Israeli Navy

   “…when we first looked at the wreckage, she looked alive…as if she will set sail and rise from the seabed…but as we kept going we saw that something terrible had happened…”

In 1968, as the Executive Officer (X.O.) of the LEVIATHAN, Gideon had to inform the sub’s commander, Yomi, about the loss of his brother and formed a deep personal connection with the story. Decades late, he led the new search committee which eventually brought the astounding discovery of DAKAR.